Western News: May 03, 2016

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EYESORE: Halswell Domain was hit with another lot of tagging during Anzac weekend.
Halswell Domain hit by taggers
GEORGIA O’CONNOR-
HARDING
The Halswell Domain has had
yet another graffiti attack
– this time over Anzac
weekend.
Tagging is becoming
a regular occurrence
with 28 incidents at the
domain recorded by the
city council in the last
year.
Residents said the public
toilets, part of the Canterbury
Society of Model and
Experimental Engineer’s shed,
as well as a contractor’s shed on
Halswell Rd, was tagged over
the weekend.
The debate of a new skate
park in Halswell has come
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to a head with concerns from
residents living nearby that if it
is installed anti-social behaviour
problems will escalate.
But Riccarton-Wigram
Community Board
chairman Mike Mora (left)
said the tagging and the
installation of the skate park
are separate issues.
“It may de-escalate it –
we don’t know,” he said.
Mr Mora said the city council
will be going around the schools
to talk about the issue of graffiti.
It was recorded by the city
council between April 1, 2015,
and April 28, 2016, 28 incidents
had occurred at the Halswell
Domain involving graffiti.
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spent the last two days at the
Halswell Domain cleaning up
the graffiti and a full inspection
was carried out April 22 and last
Monday.
She said a number of tags had
appeared over the weekend and
have since been removed.
Residents say they have been
plagued with graffiti on vehicles,
fences, footpaths along with
damage to property over the past
few years.
Police are saying while people
get prosecuted for tagging, and
there is an active community
patrol out at the domain which
reports to the police, tagging is a
community issue.
Senior Sergeant Pete Stills
said there needs to be more
education for parents being
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are up to.
He said it is also about
working with shops in terms of
selling sprays or marker pens to
young people and ensuring they
are for legitimate reasons.
“Halswell Domain is not
really on our radar – it is a safe
place . . . we have got far worse
suburbs.”
Senior Sergeant Stills said
the shrubs and trees around the
public toilets could be removed
to make the area more visible
as well as locking the toilets out
of hours could help reduce the
problems.
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